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Date: 05 Jun 2005 16:35:00
From: Jonathan Lonsdale
Subject: "Experts vs. the Sicilian" - Kalashnikov
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Does anyone here have this book?
In a review on the Chessville site is the following:
"The Kalashnikov: A couple of years ago Pinski and Aagaard co-authored a
monograph on this line where Pinski enthusiastically, and fairly
objectively, endorsed a variation he used to play himself. However, now he
writes that he cannot believe that he got away with playing the line for as
long as he did, and Pinski does a good job of causing Black serious
problems."
As I have the Pinksi/Aagaard book I'm naturally interested to know which
line is under discussion and what the current recommendations are!
TIA - Jonathan
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Date: 10 Jun 2005 11:09:46
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Subject: Re: "Experts vs. the Sicilian" - Kalashnikov
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Jef,
Najdorf is an excellent choice if you have the time to study. Only
real problem with it is that there is a lot of theory to learn.
Regards,
Richard Stanz
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Date: 10 Jun 2005 13:15:42
From: jef
Subject: Re: "Experts vs. the Sicilian" - Kalashnikov
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Jonathan Lonsdale wrote:
> Does anyone here have this book?
>
> As I have the Pinksi/Aagaard book I'm naturally interested to know which
> line is under discussion and what the current recommendations are!
yes i recently bought it, and had a quick look; while its a
good book, in my research i found that some lines transpose
to the Pelikan (with Nd5) which i found difficult to defend.
and in such a case there's no reason to play the Kalashnikov,
you might just as well delay the e5 move, and first play Nc6,
aiming for the Pelikan/Sveshnikov system, but is
requiring a lot of theoretical knowledge.
which is why i am considering to switch to the Najdorf
in my repertoire, when playing Sicilian (wouldnt do it against
better players, then i choose ..e5 instead); tranposing to
Scheveningen, ie playing e6 after d6 also is an option,
a matter of personal taste i guess.
but yet i would be curious which other think of this;
i mean, with black you don't have to play Sicilian,
you know.. :)
(and with white there are some known anti-Sicilian
lines like eg. the Alapin).
jef
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